#dingy mocha

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Moth #24

This moth is called the dingy mocha i chose it because i like the name

Their patterns are similar to another kind of moth called the birch mocha! they cocoon over the winter and their wing span can get to 29 cm!! they live in england and wales and they live in mostly grasslands!!! The caterpillars are a kind of inch worm and they eat smaller leaved sallow trees!!!

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Moth Of The Day #159

Dingy Mocha

Cyclophora pendularia

Froom the geometridae family. They have a wingspan of 26-29 mm. They tend to inhabit damp neutral grassland, limestone grassland, chalk downland, grassland, sandy heathland, sand dunes, woodland rides and clearings. They can be found in the Palearctic realm.

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